Night of the Living Dead

I think that zombie movies are so popular for several reasons. One reason is that there's a huge "what if" involved: What if a zombie apocalypse actually happened? What would I do? This creates a huge curiosity issue. People want to gather as much information as they can about what could happen so they can feel prepared. The reason that this question arises is that a lot of people have been taught that the last days of the world are now and that makes people wonder how it'll end. A zombie apocalypse provides a scenario so people can think they know what's going to happen in the future. People also have the idea in their head that if it were to happen, then they are one of the lucky few who would survive and start to build civilization back up. Everyone thinks like that, myself included. The idea that we could be a hero makes us almost want a zombie apocalypse to happen. In reality, I don't think anything like a zombie apocalypse will ever happen. If something like it did happen, I think that most people would be so shocked that something like it did happen that they wouldn't do anything for a while. After most of the shock went away, however, there would be some uprising all over.

Nightmare Before Christmas

In both movies we watched from Tim Burton, Christmas was part of it. In Edward Scissorhands, Christmas was taking place during the climax of the movie. All that was shown or said about Christmas was about gifts or parties. Not one religious view on it besides from the religious lady who was viewed as kind of a bad person in the beginning. Similarly, in A Nightmare Before Christmas, the Christmas holiday isn't seen as a religious holiday. Instead it's shown as a holiday to get presents and basically worship Santa Claus. Not once is there a mention that it's actually about the birth of Christ. This shows that Tim Burton might not be a very religious person. If he is, he has certainly done a good job showing that he isn't. With Edward Scissorhands, he at least shows something religious. In Nightmare Before Christmas, however, there is absolutely nothing to suggest religion having anything to do with Christmas. This could have something to do with the fact that Tim Burton is not the director of the movie so he didn't have that kind of control. Maybe if he was the director, then he would include some other visuals in the first Christmas scene in order to create a somewhat different view.

Edward Scissorhands a hero?

If Edward saving Kevin made him a hero and got rid of Jim, it's hard to tell where his life would go. He very well could have gotten the girl and I think he would've anyway if he wasn't hated by certain people. Whether or not he'd have a "normal" life is harder to tell. I think it would be hard for him to live a normal life even if he somehow got real hands. He would never feel the same as everyone else because of his background. He was popular in the town because of his unique hands. If he did get real hands, he would fall out of the limelight fairly quickly and it's hard telling how he would react to that. I don't think he would ever be able to live a normal life but very well could have gotten the girl.